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At 12:28am on December 12, 2011, Myra Thomas-Rhodes said…: Welcome Aboard, Bridget. I am sure you will enjoy the site.

Cheers from Down Under, Myra.

At 5:13am on December 12, 2011, Chantal McIlveen-Wright said…: Welcome to ES Bridget and a welcome cuddles to your 6 Reds!!!

At 12:12am on December 15, 2011, Henriette van der Zwan said…: Dear Bridget,

I'm so glad you have joined! I also struggled to load photos in the beginning. It took very long and I thought I'm doing something wrong but then suddenly it worked!

Our party is only tomorrow! We are going to Walkhaven in Muldersdrift...doggy heaven! All dogs can run free and there is a big dam for swimming. The last time we were there Fiddich was so tired but refused to get into the car! Then on Monday we are off to the South coast...first time for the Setters at the sea and I'm sure we will have a few great laughts!

Have a great day!

Henriette

At 8:51am on December 28, 2011, Estelle Meiring said…: Hi Bridget

Great to see you on the site! :-)

Seasons greetings to you, Mark and all the lovely reds.

Karla celebrated her first birthday on the beach in Natal - loved every moment of it. I will see if I can upload some photos.

Best regards

Estelle

At 1:35pm on December 30, 2011, Phil du Plessis said…: Hallo Bridget,

Remember me? Ari was one of your pups: born 8 August 2008. So good to see you here on IS site.

Regards,

Phil, Ari and Rhett

At 7:20am on January 1, 2012, Estelle Meiring said…: Hi Bridget

Yes, I did receive it, thank you very much. I have already responded back via email.

Regards

Estelle

At 10:40pm on January 7, 2012, Estelle Meiring said…: Hi Bridget

Thanks, that's great, I will have a thorough look at the results.

I will also definitely contact Kate to have a chat.

Will keep you posted.

Love

Estelle

At 11:14am on January 8, 2012, Jennifer Yow said…: Bridget,

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

At 12:19pm on January 15, 2012, Henriette van der Zwan said…: Dear Bridget,
I will ask my sister too to look out for the pup. She lives close to Garsfontein and they jog often so perhaps she might notice him. She owns 3 Weimeraners herself.

I've let Estelle know that I've done Fiddich's hips at Rant&Dal hospital. Dr De Cramer is a breeding specialist who is busy with his Doctoral in (I think) C-sections or something. We work with him very often and I was happy with him. He sends it to OP for analysis and his prices were very much the same as OP. It was very easy for me as I could drop him off there on my way to Pretoria and got him on my way back. I think I should do Jamie soon as I see Fiddich is "very interested" in her but she isn't on heat yet. Otherwise I'll have to wait until afterwards. I also forgot to send you their eye tests. I did this in November already. We sampled PRA damples at a Labrador eye-exam day and took both dogs along. Both were clear, but I'll send you a copy tomorrow. I can't believe I forgot about this!

Have a good evening!
Henriette

At 1:45pm on January 16, 2012, Estelle Meiring said…: Hi Bridget

Whoohoo, that is wonderful news! Please keep me posted.

I haven't contacted Kate yet - tried once and her line was engaged - but I will try again some time this week.

Very nice article on Irish Setters - but you forgot to mention how CUTE they can be. I just want to eat Karla up sometimes :-)

At 2:29pm on January 21, 2012, Estelle Meiring said…: Hi Bridget

Thanks, but at this stage I'm not sure if Karla will be taking part in the show tomorrow - it looks like something stung her in the face!

She suddenly developed a huge lump on her nose and she is swollen around both her eyes. We'll keep a close watch on her tonight and take her to the vet if the reaction becomes worse.

If she looks OK tomorrow I will still take her to the show. If the swelling hasn't gone down enough, we'll just go to cheer for Fiddich and Jamie.

Regards

Estelle

At 1:49am on January 24, 2012, Henriette van der Zwan said…: Hi Bridget,

Yes, we had a great time at the show and will surely give it a nother try. The dogs got along great, wanted to play and run and had a great time out in the field. We really enjoyed it!

At 5:59am on January 25, 2012, Myra Thomas-Rhodes said…: Happy Birthday, Bridget. Hope you have had a wonderful day.

Cheers,

Myra.

At 12:29am on January 28, 2012, Estelle Meiring said…: Hi Bridget

Happy Birthday!

Hope you have a wonderful year.

(Sorry that I'm a bit late)

I have an appointment to have Karla's hips and elbows scanned on Thursday - keeping all our fingers crossed!

Love

Estelle

At 1:29pm on February 2, 2012, Estelle Meiring said…: Hi Bridget

Just to let you know that Karla's scanning went well today - Vicky Reid said that she thought both her hip and elbow scans 'looked good' :-)

Now we wait for the official scoring...

At 2:38pm on February 4, 2012, Ro Cox said…: Hi Bridget It is a small world - Please do say Hi to Betty when you next see her

good luck in the show ring this year

best wishes

Ro Cox

:)

At 1:44pm on February 10, 2012, Dr Duncan Rodseth said…: Thank you Bridget. I am amazed at the number of photos on the Site. Sea Breeze has taken over the household since my old dog died in March last year. He comes to work for a few hours each week and is learning to be a therapy dog - quite a natural!

At 11:22am on February 11, 2012, Dr Duncan Rodseth said…: Thanks Bridget - that sounds exciting. Yes Gulliver has developed into a fine young hound. He was a really cute puppy and did so well in one on one training but when other dogs joined he lost interest. The whole thing fell apart when he discovered a duck that lives in the yard that was used for training. He has strong birding instincts - the other day I wen to free a bird that had flown into the house. Before I could open the window he had jumped forward and ran out with it in his mouth. I called him back and released the bird which flew off!! albeit leaving a heap of feathers in his mouth.

At 8:12pm on February 17, 2012, Gail Young said…: Thankyou Bridget, It's wonderful to have more friends on ES. I saw that you were friends with Myra, she is a very good friend of mine. Yes looking forward to chatting on ES in the future. :)